After the anti-Chinese teaching rally broke out in Inner Mongolia, China, local police offered a reward for hundreds of wanted residents: BBC News

Police in Inner Mongolia, China, offered rewards to hundreds of wanted people for “starting disputes and causing trouble” but did not provide further information. However, it is reported that protests recently broke out in many places in Inner Mongolia to oppose the strengthening of Chinese language education by the government.

On Wednesday (September 2), the Public Security Branch of the Horqin District Public Security Bureau of Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia, released the latest batch, the “fourth batch” of wanted persons, through its WeChat public account. The notice also said that “the public security body will reward people who provide clues or help capture 1,000 RMB.”

The ad is accompanied by photos of wanted persons, but these photos are not your usual identification photos. Part of the photos are faces of people with masks. Lots of people gather in the background. The wanted persons raise their fists or hold their cellphone flashlights high at night, as if they were shouting slogans, believed to have been captured on live video.

Details of the first three batches of wanted orders are unknown, but the people on the relevant wanted orders have been ranked 129th.

The Inner Mongolian authorities have recently promoted the strengthening of Chinese teaching. According to official regulations, the Department of Education will introduce “bilingual teaching” in the new school year, requiring that the teaching language of Chinese, politics and history in primary and secondary schools be gradually changed from Mongolian to Mandarin . Many Mongolian academics and parents of students worry that the new measures will further weaken the Mongolian language, culture and identity.

According to the “New York Times” and other foreign media reports, since last Friday (August 28) demonstrations broke out in Tongliao, Ordos, Hohhot and other places in Inner Mongolia. During this period, many Mongols jointly signed letters of protest. Some parents and students from Mongolia participated, and some parents protested by refusing to send their children to school. A staff member at a secondary school in Naiman Banner, Inner Mongolia, told the BBC that the school usually has 1,000 students in class, but now only about 10 remain.

Chinese state media did not report on the protests. On the afternoon of the 3rd, Chinese media “Headline News” forwarded the official WeChat account of the Horqin District Public Security Bureau, Tongliao City. Many netizens who left comments at the end of the post said they did not know what happened. One of them said, “What’s wrong? It’s just to cause trouble. This basket is too big.” Others said, “Is it guilty to look?”

Another netizen said: “Dare to tell the reasons why others get together, and they will cause trouble at every turn, just a legitimate appeal. As far as I know, they did not use violence, and would buckle someone over the head for a crime of pocket. It’s what really passes the knife abroad. ”

There are 4.6 million Mongols in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, accounting for 17% of the total population. The Chinese government’s promotion of sinicization education in minority areas has been a sensitive topic for many years. More and more Mongols are unable to write in their mother tongue.

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On Monday (31), dozens of protesters gathered in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of neighboring Mongolia, to support the protest against the weakening of the teaching of the Mongolian language.

The protesters held the Mongolian posters in their hands, indicating that they would uphold Mongolian traditional culture. The poster read: “We oppose the oppressive policy of China”, “Even if the gods surrender, do not give up our territory”, “We support the brothers who preserve our culture in Inner Mongolia”.

A Mongol who drove 500 kilometers to participate in the protest said: “Inner Mongolia is the last place to preserve traditional Mongolian writing, after Mongolia and the Mongols in Russia. Therefore, Mongols around the world have expressed your concern about the abolition of the Mongolian language in schools in China. I am angry. ”

He also said: “Our traditional script is included in the United Nations Intangible Cultural Heritage List on behalf of Mongolia. The Inner Mongols have preserved their Mongolian identity in the language. This is what we want to bring their voice to the international community. . the reason.”

Another protester said: “Our brothers are outnumbered and I am proud of them. That is why we want to convey our love and support to them. I am concerned that they may be in danger. That is why we are here to stop this.” Something happened.”

Recently, China’s State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi conducted an investigation in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. According to a report by the Communist Party of China media “People’s Daily”, Zhao Kezhi visited public security organs and grassroots teams in Hulunbuir, Hohhot and Yinchuan, Ningxia from August 29 to September 2.

Zhao Kezhi emphasized that “strict discipline” is the main tone of action, “waging a fierce battle against the police and upright discipline” and “being absolutely loyal, absolutely pure and absolutely trustworthy” to the party.

Zhao Kezhi also stated, “We must deepen the fight against separatism, strictly implement counter-terrorism and prevention measures, and do solid work to maintain stability in ethnic and religious fields and promote ethnic unity.”